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Resources for Religious Studies, Sociology, Philosophy, Ethics and Humanities.
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Resources for Religious Studies, Sociology, Philosophy, Ethics and Humanities.
We specialise in making whole units and courses for ultimate convenience and time-saving. We always aim to make the best resource for a given topic: our goal is perfection and our resources have helped educate 1 million+ students!
In order to encourage ratings and reviews, if you buy any of our products, are happy with your purchase, and leave a 5* rating for it: just email us and we'll send you a free bonus gift!
My complete teaching resources for the Applied Ethics component of GCSE Religious Studies: Christianity after 3 years of teaching.
Resources have been made by me, they cannot be found elsewhere: they are the result of thousands of hours of work.
All files have been compressed into one zip file: I have uploaded a few PPT files separately so that you can use the preview feature to gauge the quality of the work before downloading.
Featuring worksheets and powerpoints for topics:
-Medical Ethics
-Human Relationships
-War & Peace
-Equality
Also covers Humanist Views (though in much less detail compared to Christianity)
Designed for OCR B but applicable to other exam specifications, including post 2016 specifications.
Video files associated with lessons are not included for copyright reasons: but all can be found on YouTube, or replaced with ones of your choosing.
This is the nineteenth in a series of lessons on Buddhism for GCSE level students for the 'Beliefs, Teachings & Practices' section of the course [section A].
The complete series of GCSE Budhism lessons can be downloaded at our TES Shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/godwin86
The Download (comprising 4 files, within one zip file) includes:
-A PPT Containing a Full Lesson
-A complete lesson plan covering: objectives, key-words, differentiation, and lesson timeline
-An A3 'Design a board-game' template for the main activity
-A 'Knowledge Hunt' file for the main activity.
-A Homework Task
The topic of the lesson focusses on the following part of the specification:
Buddhist Beliefs about Death & The Afterlife
-Bardo States (Tibetan Buddhism)
-The 6 Realms & 31 States of Rebirth
-Pure Land Buddhist Views
-Theravada/Mahayana comparisons
-Western Buddhist reinterpretation of reincarnation theory
-Zen Buddhism as 'Buddhism without beliefs'
Thank you for your download!
Positive reviews are greatly appreciated.
This is the fifteenth in a series of lessons on Buddhism for GCSE level students for the 'Beliefs, Teachings & Practices' section of the course [section A].
The complete series of GCSE Budhism lessons, as well as learning mats, PLCs and revision sessions can be downloaded at our TES Shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/godwin86
The Download (comprising 4 files, within one zip file) includes:
-A PPT Containing a Full Lesson
-A complete lesson plan covering: objectives, key-words, differentiation, and lesson timeline
-A double sided worksheet
-A 16 Page Knowledge-Hunt File [with high quality photos]
-A Homework Task
[This lesson works best with a colour printer, for the knowledge hunt information]
The topic of the lesson focusses on the following part of the specification:
Sacred and significant places and spaces for Buddhists
• The importance, features and functions of: Temples, Gompas and viharas, Shrines, Sites of pilgrimage, Artefacts and offerings, Retreats
• The events that take place in different significant places, including Bodh Gaya and the Deer Park at Sarnath
• The meaning and significance of key artefacts and offerings made at different significant places, including the different images of the Buddha and his hand positions (mudras)
• The purpose and form of retreats
• The importance of undertaking pilgrimages
• Common and divergent emphases placed on significant places and spaces by different Buddhist groups, including the role and importance of retreats
• Different interpretations and emphases given to sources of wisdom and authority by different Buddhist groups
Sources: Local Buddhist communities and centres
Thank you for your download!
Positive reviews are greatly appreciated.
This is the sixteenth in a series of lessons on Buddhism for GCSE level students for the 'Beliefs, Teachings & Practices' section of the course [section A].
The complete series of GCSE Budhism lessons, as well as learning mats, PLCs and revision sessions can be downloaded at our TES Shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/godwin86
The Download (comprising 2 files, within one zip file) includes:
-A PPT Containing a Full Lesson
-A complete lesson plan covering: objectives, key-words, differentiation, and lesson timeline
-A Homework Task
The topic of the lesson focusses on the following part of the specification:
The Sangha (The Community)
• The meaning of the term Sangha as one of the Three Jewels
• The role and importance of:
• Monastic sangha
• Lay sangha
• The Ten Precepts observed by monks and nuns
• The ordination of women into the monastic sangha
• The common and divergent emphases placed on the sangha by different Buddhist groups, including the rules observed within monasteries
• Different interpretations and emphases given to sources of wisdom and authority by different Buddhist groups
Sources: Dhammapada 360–369
Thank you for your download!
Positive reviews are greatly appreciated.
Generate political debates instantly!
This is a 200 slide PPT, containing 198 political debates, discussions, and dilemmas.
It also contains a ‘randomiser’ slide: when clicked a random moral problem is presented to the group.
Uses:
-P4C (Philosophy for kids)
-Form time activities
-Citizenship/History/Politics/Sociology/R.S./Philosophy cover lessons
-Debating societies
-Making best use of spare time at the end of lessons
Discussions follow one of three formats, each asking students to move from one side of the room or the other to make their position clear: teachers should then use questioning to foster a debate between students, encouraging them to present reasons for their choice and defend their position.
The formats are:
-Agree or Disagree?
-Which parallel dimension would you go to?
-Which of the two laws would you put in place?
This resource is great value at £4.99 and cannot be found elsewhere:
-It clearly contributes to your school’s SMSC provision
-Furthers students’ critical thinking skills
-It allows for countless hours of discussion and debate to be structured in a focussed and engaging manner
-It would take days to reproduce yourself
-It can save vast amounts of staff time in preparing cover lessons
-It is the perfect way to make the most of any time a teacher might have left at the end of a lesson
-It deals with cross curricular issues
Please note: this resource deals with controversial issues, debates and questions that may be deemed unsuitable for younger children. It is designed for secondary school students, but can be easily adapted to younger years with appropriate amendments by their teacher.
This download contains 12 x A3 printables contained in 1 word document.
The document features a rich array of graphs and infographics relevant to the Education section of the GCSE course.
A separate download, focussing on 'Education and Gender' (with 5xA3 sheets) can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/education-and-gender-sociology-data-graphs-infographics-5-x-a3-learning-mats-research-task-11440257
This document can be used in a number of ways:
-Independent learning activities in which students use the mats for research
-For wall displays
-Knowledge hunt activities
-As permanent 'learning mats' for a Sociology Classroom
-As a bank of images you can incorporate into your own presentations and worksheets.
A complete set of 18 revision sessions for each of the 18 sections of the ‘Christianity’, ‘Philosophy of Religion’ and ‘Religion & Ethics’ components of the AS-Level OCR Religious Studies specification (H173/H573).
Sessions use a variety of mind-mapping, discussion and debate tasks to cover each section of the specification.
The revision sessions can be used in a number of ways:
-As revision sessions during a revision period of term-time leading up to exams
-Sandwiched between lessons as they are taught throughout the year as a way of solidifying and assessing learning
-During extra-curricular time (KS5 Religious Studies Clubs)
This revision sessions feature:
-A ‘grid of learning’ post-it task (to focus students on the day’s topic and refresh their memories of the basics)
-A 'competitive mind-mapping task (which can be completed on the whiteboard or on A3 paper)
-A silent debate task (with 6 x A3 silent debate worksheets in an editable .doc file) [nb. allowing group conversation, instead of silence, is also an effective approach]
-Debates that ask students to move from one side of the room or the other and verbalise a defence of their position in response to a statement or rubric.
-A concluding ‘One thing I am still uncertain about…’ post-it question.
The cover picture depicts the quality of the resource: contents and activities may vary slightly between each session.
A bundle of similar revision sessions for A2 content can also be purchased.
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KS3 RE Units
The topic of this Philosophy Boxes download is ‘Healthy Living’. It is one of a series of PSHE-P4C sessions designed for KS2-4 PSHE students. The download comprises a P4C lesson/session that can be used multiple times with the same group.
The Philosophy Boxes Method is a new approach to PSHE designed for students in KS2-4: it is graphically stimulating, engaging, and fun. This download is also suitable for older students: but the format was designed with younger students in mind. In this context: ‘Philosophy Boxes’ represents a more student-centred ‘debate & discussion’ approach to PSHE issues.
The aim of our ‘Philosopy Boxes’ PSHE sessions is to bring deep, critical thinking to PSHE, exploring PSHE using P4C (Philosophy for Children) debates and discussions. One advantage to the method is that it helps students to practice their social skills through the activities.
The Philosophy Boxes Method presents students with a set of ‘mystery boxes’, when a student selects one of the boxes they are presented with 1 of 21 discussion/debate activities (in 8 different formats).
The presentation has integrated AfL so that teachers can test knowledge at any point in the lesson. There are 10 different AfL slides to choose from.
The design is colourful, animated, fun and engaging: all activities require movement and teachers can decide whether students are expressing their ideas purely verbally or by using post-it notes.
The nature of the design is that it can be used for short sessions (5-10 minutes) or much longer sessions (up to 2 hours!) - it allows for classroom practitioners to be flexible and adaptable. It can, therefore, be used in lessons or as a tutor-time activity.
Choose from out complete selection of our ‘Philosophy Boxes’ PSHE lessons here.
You can also save money by purchasing lessons as a complete 20-session collection here!
The topic of this Philosophy Boxes download is ‘Conflict, Mediation & Conflict Resolution’. It is one of a series of PSHE-P4C sessions designed for KS2-4 PSHE students. The download comprises a P4C lesson/session that can be used multiple times with the same group.
The Philosophy Boxes Method is a new approach to PSHE designed for students in KS2-4: it is graphically stimulating, engaging, and fun. This download is also suitable for older students: but the format was designed with younger students in mind. In this context: ‘Philosophy Boxes’ represents a more student-centred ‘debate & discussion’ approach to PSHE issues.
The aim of our ‘Philosopy Boxes’ PSHE sessions is to bring deep, critical thinking to PSHE, exploring PSHE using P4C (Philosophy for Children) debates and discussions. One advantage to the method is that it helps students to practice their social skills through the activities.
The Philosophy Boxes Method presents students with a set of ‘mystery boxes’, when a student selects one of the boxes they are presented with 1 of 21 discussion/debate activities (in 8 different formats).
The presentation has integrated AfL so that teachers can test knowledge at any point in the lesson. There are 10 different AfL slides to choose from.
The design is colourful, animated, fun and engaging: all activities require movement and teachers can decide whether students are expressing their ideas purely verbally or by using post-it notes.
The nature of the design is that it can be used for short sessions (5-10 minutes) or much longer sessions (up to 2 hours!) - it allows for classroom practitioners to be flexible and adaptable. It can, therefore, be used in lessons or as a tutor-time activity.
Choose from out complete selection of our ‘Philosophy Boxes’ PSHE lessons here.
You can also save money by purchasing lessons as a complete 20-session collection here!
Designed for teachers using the new AQA Philosophy specification (teaching from 2017 onwards).
This revision session covers the ‘Physicalism’ section of the specification (discussing hard and soft behaviourism). The topic is a part of the Metaphysics of Mind component of the A2 course.
This download contains one of a series of revision sessions that use a variety of mind-mapping, discussion and debate tasks to cover a section of the specification. It includes a fully animated revision session PowerPoint and a set of ‘silent debate’ A3 worksheets. All resources are editable.
The revision sessions can be used in a number of ways:
-As revision sessions during a revision period of term-time leading up to exams
-Sandwiched between lessons as they are taught throughout the year as a way of solidifying and assessing learning
-During extra-curricular time (KS5 Philosophy Clubs)
This revision session features:
-A ‘grid of learning’ post-it task (to focus students on the day’s topic and refresh their memories of the basics)
-A 'competitive mind-mapping task (which can be completed on the whiteboard or on A3 paper)
-A silent debate task (with 6 x A3 silent debate worksheets in an editable .doc file) [nb. allowing group conversation, instead of silence, is also an effective approach]
-Debates that ask students to move from one side of the room or the other and verbalise a defence of their position in response to a statement or rubric.
-A concluding ‘One thing I am still uncertain about…’ post-it question.
This session can be purchased individually or as part of various bundles depending on your needs.
Please note: the cover picture depicts some of the activities that make up this revision session, the wording within those tasks is adapted to the topic specified above and may differ from the wording depicted. Contents and tasks may vary slightly between revision sessions. The cover photo is, however, a fair depiction of the contents of the lesson.
Copyright Adam Godwin (2017) [Godwin86] godwin86@gmail.com
This fully resourced lesson is professionally designed for the new AQA Sociology GCSE specification (8192). This resource can now be downloaded as a part of a complete 20-lesson bundle.
This is lesson 16 of our 20 lesson course for the ‘Social Stratification’ section; it focusses on the interactionist sociological perspective. It can be purchased as a part of a complete 20 x lesson bundle (from June, 2017)
The download includes:
-A detailed lesson plan: highlighting differentiation, AfL, key-words, SMSC and a timeline of learning activities (.pdf)
-A premium quality PowerPoint presentation (fully animated) that covers the entire lesson )
-A double-sided A3 worksheet (see cover image for preview)
-Homework
All lessons are designed around the new AQA specification, we take considerable time making the highest quality lessons.
Professionally designed for the new AQA Sociology GCSE specification (8192).
This is lesson 18 of our 20 lesson course for the ‘Sociology of Education’ section; it focusses on the interactionist sociological perspective. It can now be purchased as a part of a complete 20 x lesson bundle.
The download includes:
-A detailed lesson plan: highlighting differentiation, AfL, key-words, SMSC and a timeline of learning activities (.pdf)
-A premium quality PPT presentation (fully animated) that covers the entire lesson
-A double-sided A3 worksheet (see cover image for preview)
-Homework
All lessons are designed around the new AQA specification, we take considerable time making the highest quality lessons.
This fully resourced lesson is professionally designed for the new AQA Sociology GCSE specification (8192). This resource can now be downloaded as a part of a complete 20-lesson bundle.
This is lesson 15 of our 20 lesson course for the ‘Social Stratification’ section; it focuses on feminist perspectives, feminist researchers and theorists, and statistical data supporting/detracting from the feminist perspective. It can be purchased as a part of a complete 20 x lesson bundle (from June, 2017)
The download includes:
-A detailed lesson plan: highlighting differentiation, AfL, key-words, SMSC and a timeline of learning activities (.pdf)
-A premium quality PowerPoint presentation (fully animated) that covers the entire lesson
-A double-sided A3 worksheet (see cover image for preview)
-A knowledge hunt file with information to be used with the worksheet
-Homework
All lessons are designed around the new AQA specification, we take considerable time making the highest quality lessons.
Professionally designed for the new AQA Sociology GCSE specification (8192).
This is lesson 15 of our 20 lesson course for the ‘Family’ section; it focuses on Marxist perspectives, Marxist researchers and theorists, and statistical data supporting/detracting from the Marxist perspective.
The download includes:
-A detailed lesson plan: highlighting differentiation, AfL, key-words, SMSC and a timeline of learning activities (.pdf)
-A premium quality PowerPoint presentation (fully animated) that covers the entire lesson
-A double-sided A3 worksheet (see cover image for preview)
-A knowledge hunt file with information to be used with the worksheet
-Homework
All lessons are designed around the new AQA specification, we take considerable time making the highest quality lessons.
This fully resourced lesson is professionally designed for the new AQA Sociology GCSE specification (8192). This resource can now be downloaded as a part of a complete 20-lesson bundle.
This is lesson 3 of our 20 lesson course for the ‘Social Stratification, Power & Authority’ section; it focusses on functionalist sociological perspectives.
The download includes:
-A detailed lesson plan: highlighting differentiation, AfL, key-words, SMSC and a timeline of learning activities (.pdf)
-A premium quality PowerPoint presentation (fully animated) that covers the entire lesson
-A double-sided A3 worksheet (see cover image for preview)
-Homework
All lessons are designed around the new AQA specification, we take considerable time making the highest quality lessons. The cover image shows the quality and nature of learning activities/worksheets but the contents/wording within resources may vary.
Professionally designed for the new AQA Sociology GCSE specification (8192) taught from September 2017. It can now be purchased as a part of a complete 20 x lesson bundle.
This is lesson 16 of our 20 lesson course for the ‘Sociology of Education’ section; it focuses on functionalist sociological perspectives.
The download includes:
-A detailed lesson plan: highlighting differentiation, AfL, key-words, SMSC and a timeline of learning activities (.pdf)
-A premium quality PPT presentation (fully animated) that covers the entire lesson
-A double-sided A3 worksheet (see cover image for preview)
-Homework
All lessons are designed around the new AQA specification, we take considerable time making the highest quality lessons. The cover image shows the quality and nature of learning activities/worksheets but the contents/wording within resources may vary.
Professionally designed for the new AQA Sociology GCSE specification (8192) taught from September 2017.
This is lesson number 1 of our 20 lesson course for this section- it is designed to introduce the requirements of the ‘Sociology of Education’ unit and its central debates. It can be purchased as a part of a complete 20 x lesson bundle (from June, 2017)
The download includes:
-A detailed lesson plan: highlighting differentiation, AfL, key-words, SMSC and a timeline of learning activities (.pdf)
-6 x A3 Silent Debate Worksheets (.doc, editable)
-An A4 student information sheet explaining the required learning for the unit (.doc, editable)
-A premium quality PPT presentation (fully animated) that covers the entire lesson
-A homework task
All lessons are designed around the new AQA specification, we take considerable time making the highest quality lessons.
Professionally designed for the new AQA Sociology GCSE specification (8192) taught from September 2017. It can be purchased as a part of a complete 20 x lesson bundle.
This is lesson 3 of our 20 lesson course for the ‘Sociology of Education’ section.
The lesson focuses on different ideas about the role and function of education. The next lesson in the series (lesson 4/20) examines the theories of Durkheim and Parsons more closely.
The download features a .zip file which includes:
-A detailed lesson plan: highlighting differentiation, AfL, key-words, SMSC and a timeline of learning activities (.pdf)
-A premium quality PPT presentation (fully animated) that covers the entire lesson
-An A4 Information/Worksheet (.Doc)
-Homework
All lessons are designed around the new GCSE specification, certainly useful for any GCSE specification however. We take considerable time making the highest quality lessons, positive reviews are greatly appreciated.
Professionally designed for the new AQA Sociology GCSE specification (8192) taught from September 2017. It can be purchased as a part of a complete 20 x lesson bundle (from June, 2017)
This is lesson 4 of our 20 lesson course for the ‘Sociology of Education’ section.
The lesson examines the theories of Durkheim and Parsons and is about the roles and functions of the education system.
The download features a .zip file which includes:
-A detailed lesson plan: highlighting differentiation, AfL, key-words, SMSC and a timeline of learning activities (.pdf)
-A premium quality PPT presentation (fully animated) that covers the entire lesson
-A double-sided A3 Information/Worksheet (.doc)
-Detailed knowledge hunt file
-Homework
All lessons are designed around the new GCSE specification, certainly useful for any GCSE specification however. We take considerable time making the highest quality lessons, positive reviews are greatly appreciated.
This fully resourced lesson is professionally designed for the new AQA Sociology GCSE specification (8192). This resource can now be downloaded as a part of a complete 20-lesson bundle.
This is lesson 12 of our 20 lesson course for the ‘Social Stratification’ section.
This lesson focuses on ‘Power Relationships’ and pays special attention to the researcher Walby and her feminist analysis of patriarchal structures in society.
The download includes:
-A detailed lesson plan: highlighting differentiation, AfL, key-words, SMSC and a timeline of learning activities (.pdf)
-A premium quality PowerPoint presentation (fully animated) that covers the entire lesson
-A4 Double-sided worksheet
-Homework
All lessons are designed around the new GCSE specification but are certainly useful for any GCSE Sociology specification. We take considerable time making the highest quality lessons, positive reviews are greatly appreciated (and rewarded, just email us!)